Tlachtli, the animated Norwegian version

Admittedly, this clip is apropos of nearly nothing outside of Buck Bokai’s obsession with the Mesoamerican Ball Game. I mean, there’s really nothing science-fictiony about this clip from “Road to El Dorado.” Except for maybe the myriad laws of physics casually shattered like the proverbial glass goblin. And the sentient horse. And the curvaceous figure cut by Chel, utterly gravity-defying even by cartoon movie standards. And the general treatment given to Native American cultures in mainstream Hollywood flicks in general.

So maybe Buck Bokai can pass this off as science-fiction. Just to make it a tad more alien (at least to approximately 99.71% of the human population), here’s the Norwegian version. In any case, enjoy this surely very loose interpretation of tlachtli.

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